Skellig Michael is the site of a Monastic Settlement dating back to the 6th century, while one can find legendary accounts of Skellig Michael which date to pagan times, back in 1400 BC.

World Heritage Site

"The Committee decided to inscribe the nominated property on the basis of cultural criteria (iii) and (iv) considering that the site is ofoutstanding universal valuebeing an exceptional, and in many respects unique example of an early religious settlement deliberately sited on a pyramidal rock in the ocean, preserved because of a remarkable environment. It illustrates,as no other site can, the extremes of a Christian monasticism characterizing much of North Africa, the Near East and Europe."

Our Cruise

Skellig Michael Cruises offer boat tours around the Skellig Islands twice daily from the village of Portmagee. We visit both the small Skelligs and Skellig Michael. The boat trip takes about 2.5 hours approx.